Archive for
January, 2013

Arika Okrent
filed under: history, Lists
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In the 1930s, William B. Pettus, the president of the College of Chinese Studies in Beijing, came across a strange little Chinese essay. It began by arguing that, “having a desire to revile, should you persistently restrain it you will sooner or [...]

Bill DeMain
filed under: Music History
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“Heroes” Written by David Bowie and Brian Eno (1977) Performed by David Bowie
The Music
In the summer of 1977, David Bowie was living in Berlin and working on a new album. One evening, he saw his producer Tony Visconti sitting on a [...]

Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
filed under: Animals, health, history, Lists
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Home pregnancy tests are kind of magical—they’re like those litmus test things from junior high science, except they can tell you whether you’ve got a baby in there. These tests work by detecting trace levels of the pregnancy hormone [...]

Brian Abrams
filed under: entertainment, geeky, movies, pop-culture
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Billboard Magazine
I know I’m not the only one mesmerized by this phenomenally random photo of the retired 37th President of the United States palling around with The Future Of Law Enforcement.
Unfortunately, that’s all this image has been for some time—just [...]

Rob Lammle
filed under: entertainment, pop-culture, tech, technology
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MobyGames.com
Most video games have clear goals: rescue the princess, defeat the enemy, earn the most points. But in the long-running Sim franchises, the goals are much less tangible. Instead of saving the world, you’re often creating it from scratch. With [...]